already taken

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed swamped

WEAK

assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

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already taken

I noticed Abdul El-Sayed only after he had already taken his place at a 9/11 memorial in Lansing, Michigan, last Friday, standing not far from a piece of steel from the World Trade Center site.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

When the state-controlled Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Company was looking for a project site around the Trishuli, it found many river locations already taken.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

India has already taken a step: the government now treats submarine cable systems as critical telecommunications infrastructure, recognising their importance to international connectivity.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Ahmed had already taken most of his belongings and those of his wife’s to another area farther west.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

I don’t know how to explain to her that, for all intents and purposes, I’m already taken.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

already taken

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